Foible

(noun.) the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip.

海伦娜编辑

• That lady had her own comfort and nonpareil on a much larger scale, andfor the moment, absent; so she sympathised with his foible. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But I said I would not make you my confessor, for you cannot reciprocate foible for foible; you are not weak. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Notwithstanding these foibles, and various others needless to mention--but by no means of a refined or elevating character--how pretty she was! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Now that was tact, for two of the ruling foibles of the masculine mind were touched. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He knew that this was like the sudden impulse of a madman--incongruous even with his habitual foibles. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And no tyrant-passion dragged him back; no enthusiasms, no foibles encumbered his way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But if you set forth the foibles of Londoners as plainly as you did in 'The Honey Bees,' I am afraid you would have half a dozen libel cases. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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